The Closing of the Muslim Mind
This book looks like a serious academic study in Islamic theology. It is divided into nine chapters that build on an overall argument and has a great number of endnotes, quoting Muslim sources and literature pro-duced in the field of Islamic studies. The book’s author works with-in Washington’s circ...
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International Institute of Islamic Thought
2011-10-01
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| Series: | American Journal of Islam and Society |
| Online Access: | https://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/1227 |
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| author | Frank Griffel |
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| description | This book looks like a serious academic study in Islamic theology. It
is divided into nine chapters that build on an overall argument and
has a great number of endnotes, quoting Muslim sources and literature
pro-duced in the field of Islamic studies. The book’s author works
with-in Washington’s circle of government institutions and think
tanks. His book comes with a foreword and no fewer than ten
endorsements by colleagues of Reilly, which praise his erudition,
insight, and abil-ity to analyze and explain the Muslim mind. I
wonder whether they were all aware that the book they endorsed is, in fact, a Catholic refutation
of Ashʿarite Muslim theology, the leading branch of Sunni theology.
However, Reilly exempts Shiite theology from his harsh criticism ... |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c96525a8a844490485a49c689cb561482022-12-21T20:05:36ZengInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtAmerican Journal of Islam and Society2690-37332690-37412011-10-0128410.35632/ajis.v28i4.1227The Closing of the Muslim MindFrank GriffelThis book looks like a serious academic study in Islamic theology. It is divided into nine chapters that build on an overall argument and has a great number of endnotes, quoting Muslim sources and literature pro-duced in the field of Islamic studies. The book’s author works with-in Washington’s circle of government institutions and think tanks. His book comes with a foreword and no fewer than ten endorsements by colleagues of Reilly, which praise his erudition, insight, and abil-ity to analyze and explain the Muslim mind. I wonder whether they were all aware that the book they endorsed is, in fact, a Catholic refutation of Ashʿarite Muslim theology, the leading branch of Sunni theology. However, Reilly exempts Shiite theology from his harsh criticism ...https://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/1227 |
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